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Stroke
A stroke, like a *heart attack, is a serious arterial condition. When it occurs suddenly and violently, it can be life-threatening and require many months of recovery time. Signs of a serious stroke are *dizziness, *headaches and *fainting.

Striking out Stroke
You could call it a “brain attack.” Stroke - the fourth leading cause of death in Canada - happens when the brain’s oxygen supply is cut off, destroying vital nerve cells. Fifty thousand Canadians suffer from stroke each year, and about 16,000 of them die..

Prevent Brain Attack

Back to Normal
One day, out of the blue, Vic’s world went dark and silent. He was rushed to the hospital, where it was determined he’d had a stroke. A second stroke followed on the heels of the first, and when he finally left the hospital, he had severe mobility, vision, hearing, and speech problems.